A look back on 2012: Industry observations Brian Bailey 12/5/2012 11:39 AM EST I asked all the companies in my contact list (let me know if you didn’t receive the call so we can make sure you are included next time) to talk about the most significant developments that they had seen in 2012. I also asked for their predictions for 2013 and they will come later. It should not be too surprising that most companies wanted to talk about their significant advances for the year and it is interesting to see what they believe were their crowing achievements. For some, the advances were business in nature, such as increased revenues or company size, for others it was more technical in nature, such as new capabilities they were offering. I received input from 23 companies and will organize that feedback into several categories: general industry observations and trends, business succes...